Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
श्रिया तेषां च किं कार्यं समृद्धानां तथापि यत् । जातिधर्मेण चाभेद्या विधातुरपि ते मताः
śriyā teṣāṃ ca kiṃ kāryaṃ samṛddhānāṃ tathāpi yat | jātidharmeṇa cābhedyā vidhāturapi te matāḥ
What need have they of gifts of wealth, since they are already prosperous? By their very nature and the dharma of their clan, they are held to be unchangeable—even by the Ordainer himself.
Bṛhaspati
Listener: Suraśreṣṭha (deva leadership)
Scene: Bṛhaspati explains that wealth cannot sway the already wealthy; Daityas appear adorned and unmoved, standing in tight-knit ranks bound by their own code, while the deva counsel scene turns from offering to strategic reassessment.
FAQs
External incentives cannot reform those bound to harmful nature; discernment prevents wasted effort and protects dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.